A humble attempt at scurrility, in imitation of those great masters of the art : the Rev. Dr. S--th, the Rev. Dr. Al----n, the Rev. Mr. Ew-n, the irreverend D.J. D-ve, and the heroic J--n D-------n, Esq : being a full answer to the observations on Mr. H----s's advertisement

Contributor:

Armbruster, Anthony, 1717?-1796 (printer)

Name:

Hunt, Isaac, approximately 1742-1809; Franklin, William, 1731-1813

Date:

1765

Language:

English

Provenance:

Fox, Joseph, Jr. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Publisher:

Printed [by Anthony Armbuster]

Subject:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Smith, William, 1727-1803; Alison, Francis, 1705-1779; Ewing, John, 1732-1802; Dove, David James, 1696?-1769; Dickinson, John, 1732-1808; Hughes, John, 1711-1772

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Satires; Poems; books

Physical Description:

viii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 10-42 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 20 cm (8vo)

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Initials signify Smith, Allison, Ewing, Dove, John Dickinson and Hughes. Cf. Ford.; In reply to an attack on Benjamin Franklin by John Hughes. Cf. ESTC.; Attributed to Isaac Hunt and ascribed to the press of Anthony Armbruster by Evans.; Also sometimes attributed to William Franklin. Cf. Evans.; Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F² (F2 verso blank).; "Prologue to the coffee-house politician, or The justice caught in his own trap."--P. vii-viii.; "Thirteen descriptions of the great A. drawn from the life by that celebrated master D---d J--s D-ve, poet laureat to the Pr---ry Party."--P. 38-42.; "Errata."--P. [43].; Culture Class Collection copy is stitched and untrimmed; in cloth folder.; Culture Class Collection copy has ms. autograph "Joseph Fox junr." on pages [iii] and [9].; Published in Philadelphia.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 H9128 765h

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)